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The Greoreia' "W^eeklv Telea;ra/pli sbnd. JoiLrilal &
.ger,
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, JULY 12 1870
Tlio War-t'loncto fl^cktn.
The attitudes of France and Prussia on the
Spanish question are vary menacing. See tho
dispatches. The Duo <1e Grammont, the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, authoritatively an
nounced in the Corps Legislate, on Tuesday,
the tender by the Spanish Warwick, Prim, of
the throne of Spain to Prlnco Leopold, and the
formal acceptance of the latter. These negotia
tions he said, bad been carried on ‘Secretly,”
but France would never permit a German Prince
to occupy the throne of Charles tho Fifth. He
trusted that “prudence" on the part of Germany
and wisdom in Spain would avert extremities.
The Paris journals are all reported as sustain
ing the Government, and the official organ of
the French Emperor clamors for war. “France,”
says Le Pays “has recent diplomatic defeats, as
well os Waterloo, to avenge. Frenchmen are
ready to take the same road to Jena and Berlin
which their fathers trod.” It is reported that
the French. Minister has been recalled from
Berlin, and the Emperor held a long interview
with the Spanish Ambassador.
All this looks very warlike. The Prince of
Hohenzollern, Prussia and Spain must back
down from their secret machinations and pro
jects ora fight is very possible. Will they do
it? There is certainly no more inexorable will
in Europe than Bismarck’s, and if he is at the
bottom of this secret arrangement between
Spain and Prussia, it will hardly be abandoned
in respect to any motives of “prudence”—an
offensive word in such a connection which the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs probably
did not use without a purpose. Many believe
that France and Prussia, in any event, could
not long leave the question of pre-eminence
in Earope unsettled, and neither is, therefore,
particularly anxious to avert a war.
On tho other hand, the elevation, of Prince
Leopold, a young German Protestant,’ to the
throne of Spain—the “oldest son” of the Papal
Church, seems to be a strange proceeding, and
one not likely to bo consummated independent
ly to the opposition of France. E very influence
of the Catholic Church will bo strained to the
utmost to prevent it, and the warlike “extremi
ties” alluded to by tho Due de Grammont, may
therefore be averted by the religious obstacles
lying in the way of the Prussian scheme.
Artificial Stone.
On page 238 of Burke's Southern Farm and
Home for July, will be found a long article up
on the French method of manufacturing artifi
cial stone from saad. This article is copied by
the Farm and Home from the Architectural Re
view. The stone is very cheaply manufactured
from common sand, lime and cement, in the
proportions of five parts of sand, one of lime
and one-half of cement, intimately incorporated
by machinery, with the use of very little water
nnd then pressed into moulds by concussion of
a hammer. It must necessarily be the cheapest
building material in the world—far cheaper than
wood, brick or natural stone which requires
shaping by the chisel, whilo the facts that it can
be moulded in the exart shape required—orna
mented with any amount of elaboration desired
—is of uniform color—attains a sufficient hard
ness for use in five days, and increases in hard
ness by exposure thereafter, [commend it to en
quiry as one of the most valuable discoveries of
the age.
The French Government has used it, of late
years, in the construction of immense "public
works—reservoirs, aqnaducts, bridges, tunnels
and arches, with extraordinary economy, and the
engineer of tho great Suez Canal, M. Lesseps,
has employed it on a vast scale in the construc
tion of edifices, seawalls, light-houses, etc., con
nected with this gigantic enterprise. The article
states that forty miles of tho Puris sewers have
been constructed of this artificial stone, and
that saw mills, cellars, entire buildings, five
and six stories in height, and railway bridges,
are constructed of it.
It is particularly worthy of inquiry whether
in a region like that about Macon, made up, for
the most part, of a sharp quartz sand peculiarly
‘adapted to this manufacture, it cannot be ap
plied with groat success to the manufacture of
building, fences and sewers. Economy and
health demands the adoption of some syste
matic plan of sewerage in this city, particularly
in the business streets. These should be sew
ered at the expense of the lot holders, each one
being assessed in proportion to frontage; but
the sewers in use here, composed of a circle of
bricks, four inches in thickness, are too insecure
and perishable. If they could be constructed
like those of Paris, of artificial sand stone, at a
moderate cost, it would bo a public benefit. So
i: houses in the city could be built of moulded
blocks of tho some stone, with handsome orna
ments in tho way of cornice and moulding,
which ore easily applied, the architecture of tho
city might ho as much cheapened as improved.
Bat if the statements of the article alluded to
are true, nothing ought to excuse ub for not try
ing this composition as window caps, lintels
door sills and other ports of brick buildings,
where stone is now applied.
Corn and Bacon.
An awful “tightness” afflicts Georgia, while
we daily quote money dull in New York at three
to four. Many a planter in Georgia, we suppose,
would gladly borrow a little at (hat rate per
month, and give good security for it; but for
tunately for him he can borrow at no price. A
merchant in a neighboring town laughingly told
us he was afraid to keep more than a dollar in
band at a time, for fear some one would want
to borrow it. The country is bard up, and
When it is hard up, every body makes it harder
by refusing to part with what they have and
stopping the current of interchange and trade.
So far as we are advised, all those perplexing
questions which used to be discussed in the
newspapers,, as to what Georgia planters should
do with their surplus funds have coased to puz
zle the people. So long as wo subsist on Wes
tern corn and provisions that question may be
postponed; and happy will he be who is able to
square his debts when they arc due. Com and
b3C0n take every cent which Ought to bo the
balance to profit and enable oar people to feel
comfortable and independent and provide their
households with tho comforts and conveniences
of life. So long as we must buy com and bacon,
the farmer will always totter under a load of
debt, and have little or nothing to spend with
the dry goods man, grocer, hardware, furniture,
crockery and all other dealers in personal and
i oasehold supplies, from May fo November.
The trade In corn and bacon kills oil other trade
—exhausts all parses—overstrains all credits
and destroys all prosperity, security, comfort
and independence. When the time comes, at
lost, (as come it may if we do not change our
course) .when we have no com—no bacon—no
money—no credit, and htn-e to take to the wood*
and subsist on blackberries or starve, then we
shall begin to learn, and with it take the first
Btep in Improving our oondition.
Afraid or John.—The Montgomery Mail sees
great danger ahead from the coming of the pig
tails. It says:
There are breakers ahead from this Chinese
invasion. The Huns, Goths, and Vandals wedg
ed their hordes into the heart of the Roman
Empire. They got a foothold. The law treat
ed them all as equals, aud Rome went down.
Is the American Republic stronger than the Ro
man empire ? Possibly!
[TIi©. Georgia Press.
The Fourth in Augnsta was a fizzle. Nobody
could be found, white or black, to even read
theD-O. L
About a dozen negroes have been drawn on
the Grand tad Special Juries for the January
term of Richmond Superior Court.
The Georgia State Dental Association will
meet in Atlanta on the '28th Inst., at 10 a. m.
Railroads and hotels will make a reduction to
delegates. r, J W r & * ■
The Constitutionalist has the following
items: 7 '
Disturbance in Edgefield.—Wo learned yes
terday that a considerable commotion was crea
ted at Edgefield O. H. on Monday. The facts,
as we get them, are that the negroes had assem
bled in a bnilding near the residence of Mr. A.
A. Glover, and were dancing and carousing at
an exceedingly annoying rate. The wife of Mr.
Glover being ill, that gentleman invoked the
dancers to be quiet and orderly in their demon
strations. His request was altogether unheeded,
when he proffered to pay them $100 if they
would desist. The latter, proposition seemed
only to intensify their efforts to annoy Mr. G.
and his family, who were forced to endure the
outrage. Subsequently Mr. Glover and Mr.
Charles Cheatham met a couple of the ring
leaders in the outrage, and became involved in
a difficulty with them, in which the negroes
were somewhat punished for the leading part
they ha;l played in the reprehensible affair.
Daring the progress of this collision, the val
iant Eichelberger, captain of a negro militia
company, ordered his troops out under arms,'
in order to protect the offending negroes.
Sheriff McDavilt, we learn, ordered Eiohelber-
ger to put up his forces and implements of war
fare, as entirely unnecessary to the advance
ment of peace, and what at one time seemed
an imminent conflict between the whites and
blacks, was thus prevented without serious hurt
to any one.
Row in Hamburg.—About 1 o’clock on Mon
day a white man entered a negro den in Ham
burg, and sought to equalize with the dusky in
habitants upon a strict construction of the 15th
Amendment. His overtures were spurned, and
his head decently punched by one of the colored
male habitues of the establishment. Verdict of
the whites: “Served him right.”
The Chronicle and Sentinel says Judge Car
penter, Reform candidate for Governor of South
Carolina, was in Augusta, Tuesday. He is in
good spirits, and is sanguine of success in the
coming election. He may heat Scott fairly, we
admit, bat Scott will out-count him, sure.
A Kingston correspondent of the Chronicle
and Sentinel glvc3 the following acconnt of a
railroad blockade at that point:
From twenty to forty cars loaded with through
freights, and destined mainly for points on the
line of the S. B. and V. R. R., have been de
tained here for some time, as I understand, un
der the following circumstances: The Selma;
Rome and Dalton railroad is, it seems, largely
indebted to the Rome railroad—the former be
fog about 210, and the latter only 20 miles long.
So far, the little Rome railroad has been carry
ing its big neighbor on its back, by advancing
to the IV. & A. R. R. the accumulated freight
charges as far as Kingston on goods destined for
the line of the S. R. and D. R. R., relyirg on
the latter road promptly repaying in turn.
Failing to do so, the fnnds of the Rome road be
came exhausted, and its managers notify the of
ficials of the \V. & A. R. R. that they can no
longer advance for their Selma connection, bnt
if the State would run the risk, they (of Rome)
will do so likewise and send the goods forward,
depending a little longeron the S. K. and D. R.
R.’s promises to pay. The W. and’A. R. R.
demurs to this, and, ere they will part with the
goods, demand the accumulated charges now
due thereon.
Rev. Dr. De Yotie late pastor of the Baptist
Church, at Columbus, has accepted a call to the
Baptist church at Griffin.
A Semi-Weekly German newspaper called
Die Satannah Pres*, has just made its appear
ance. Wir tcuenselun ihr glueck.
The Newnan Defender says three negroes
were struck by lightning, near that place, on
Saturday. ' •
One of them was at the time leaning against
a large pine which was shivered; another stood
by an oak which was also struck, and the third
occupied an intermediate position. The one who
leaned against the tree was so severely shocked
as to be insensible the following day. The skin
of his back was considerably lacerated.
At the pie-nic of the St Patrick Free School
of Savannah on the 4th, round dances were
strictly prohibited.
John Donnovan, of Savannah, had his foot
so badly mashed by a car wheel while he was
returning from the Isle of Hope, that it had to
be amputated.
We clip the following from the News:
The Celebration of the Fourth bt the Ne
groes.—The negroes had their celebration of
the “Fourth” beyond the Park Monday after
noon. The Declaration of Independence, the
Emancipation Proclamation of the “late la
mented," and the Civil Rights bill, were read.
Several speeches were made, and after sipging
“Tho Joyful Notes of Freedom” tho crowd,
which numbered about two bundred enthusias
tic darkies, quietly dispersed. The fact that
but one negro was arrested on Monday speaks
well for the orderly manner in which they en
joyed the holiday.
Fourth of July at the Postoffice.—Mon
day afternoon the distinguished Postmaster of
Savannah, with a number of negroes, celebrated
the day in a quiet manner at his private office,
attached to the postoffice. Several watermelons
were cut and greedily devoured. Whether the
party drank anything, we know not; but do
know that the Northern mails, made up to go
ont on the evening train, per Central Railroad,
did not go, and the -reasonable supposition is
that the whole crowd got mellow on ripe water
melons.
At a stock sale in Savannah, Taesday, twenty-
five shares Atlantic & Gulf railroad stock sold
at from $32 to $35 per share; 90 shares Mer
chants’ National Bank stock at $100 per Bhare;
Consolidated Atlantic and Gulf railroad bonds
at $7G 75; Atlantic and Golf railroad bonds, en
dorsed by the city of .Savannah, at $76; first
mortgage Atlantic and Gulf railroad bonds at
$77 25; city of Savannah bonds at $84; 11
shares of Southwestern railroad-stock at $93
per share; 20 shares Marine Bank stock at $20-
23 per share; 127 shares Atlantic and Gulf rail
road stock at $32 per share.
The Republican has the following:
Will of Edward Padelford, Deceased : Tho
will of the late Edward Padelford, deceased,
was opened and admitted to probate in the
Court of Ordinary, yesterday. It was ascer
tained, upon opening if, that Messrs. George
L. Cope, Abraham Minis and William -Hunter
had been appointed executors, and these gentle
men appeared and qualified.
The will covers twenty-eight pages of legal
cap paper, and a copy is to be mado for the pur
pose of having a number of copies printed for
tho benefit of legatees residing in other -States.
The will contains the following bequests to
charitable institutions:
Union Society, 100 shares Southwestern rail
road stock; Savannah Widows’ Abraham’s Home
Society, 100 ditto; Savannah Female Asylum,
100 shares ditto; Episcopal Orphans’ Home.of
Savannah, 20 shares ditto; Needlewoman’s
Friend Society, 20 s' A es ditto. Total, 340
shares. ; r t ’.fl'i» - i' Uto'i
In addition to the bequests, wo learn that dur
ing a fow months previous to his death Mr,
Padelford mado and execaled donations to chai-;
itablo purposes to'the amount of somo/two hun
dred thousand dollars. * ■
The exactNalue-of the estate has riot bcen’ss-’
certniued, as much'of consists of city proper
ty in Chicago, St. Louis and other cities of the
Northwest. It is supposed, though, that a fair
estimate would bo one million and a half'dol
lars. : -
After making the charitable, bequests above
named the remainder of the estate is bequeath
ed equally to bis daughter, Mrs. Foster, and the
children of his son Edward, who died during
the war.
The Constitution says a DeKalb county far
mer recently ploughed up his crop to get rid of
the grass.
Atlanta is growing healthier every year. For
the first six months in i860 the deaths were 124 ;
for the first six months of 1870, 247.
We quote as follows from the Cartersville Ex
press ;
Showers continue; crops growing finely;
weather hot; farmers waging a desperate war
against Gen. Green.
Wheat is cornfog to our Station freely. Al
ready some COOO bushels have been delivered,
at $1 25 per bushel. This la now the cheapest
breadstuff in Georgia. " Corn here, is worth $1
The editor of the Bartlesville Gazette, has
been making a tour through Upson county. He
reports.crops fine from Bartlesville to Thomos-
ton, and that the farther he got from the rail-
aoad the more com there was planted. In many
neighborhoods much more com than cotton wes
planted. The wheat crop is turning out very
finely. Some think wheat will not be worth
over a dollar a bushel.
Georgia Legislature.
Wednesday,' July C, 1870. *
Senate.—The Senate met according to ad
journment at 12 xl, and was called to order by
President Conley.
Prayer by Wesley Prettyman.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution that the Secre
tary inform the House of Representatives that
the Senate was organized and ready to proceed
with business, which was adopted.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution that a commit
tee of three he appointed on the part of the
Senate to act in conjunction with a similar com
mittee from the House, to wait upon his Excel
lency, Governor Bullock, and inform him that
the General Assembly was organized, and ready
to receive any communication, which was
adopted.
Senators Speer, Bums and Holcombe were
appointed that Committee.
On motion of Mr. Speer, the report of the
Committee on rules for the government of the
Senate was token up and read.
The rules were taken np, read seriatim and
adopted, except those mentioned as amended.
A message was received from the House an
nouncing the appointment of a committee of
five to wait upon Governor Bullock. ^
Rule 5. of .the rules was amended by insert-
foy the words “npon any one subject of de
bate.” ...
Mr. Higbee offered an amendment to iule 21,
that a standing joint committee of five from the
Senate and seven from tho House, on the Wes
tern pad Atlantic Railroad, be appointed, but
withdrew it. He moved to strike out “milita
ry,” and insert “militia” in the list of standing
committees. Lost.
Mr. Speer moved to strike out the 25th rale.
Mr. Candler moved to insert “two-thirds” fo
lien of “unanimous.”
Mr. Wooten made a logical and forcible ar
gument against striking out.
- The motion to strike out prevailed.
Rules for the government of the Senate in
executive session were read and adopted.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution to print one
hundred copies of the rales for tho government
of the Senate, which prevailed.
The Senate then adjourned until 12 o’clock
to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, July G, 1870.
At 12 o'clock, Speaker McWhorter called the
House to order.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Clark.
Mr. Fitzpatrick moved, to suspend the calling
of the roll, and the Speaker announced that
there was a quorum present.
The Clerk then proceeded to read the Journal
of the last day of the last session.
Mr. .Tweedy offered a resolution asking the
appointment of a committee of members to
wait upon the Governor and inform him that
the'House was organized and ready to receive
any communications which he might desire to
transmit.
Adopted; and Messrs. Tweedy, Smitn of
CharltoD, Harper of Terrel, Feldei, and Coslin
were appointed.
On motion of Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, the
House adjourned until 12 ; o’clock sr., July 7th,
[Constitution, 7th.
How Gasliill’s Pardon Got into Print
Gaskill’s pardon by Bullock for bribing, or
trying to bribe Angier, is tho basis ol one of
the best jokes of the day.
It seems that Bullock’s intention was merely
to give Gaskill the pardon to carry around in his
breeches pocket, so that if any officer of tho law
collared him he could draw it therefrom and
defy arrest. But tho best laid plans even of
such sharp customers as Bullock and Gaskill,
sometimes come to grief. There was a batch
of “procs” and other “phat takes” to go to the
Era office that day, and a blundering clerk sent
the pardon with the rest, and next morning all
Atlanta was posted on what was intended to be a
very private little game. Of course it raised Cain.
They say Gaskill blessed the eyes, liver, b'ghts,
etc., of the clerk aforesaid to such an extent
that it was feared ho wonld Lave fits.
The richest part of the whole affair, how
ever, was the consolation said to have been of
fered Gaskill by a friend. Gaskill wanted to
know if his friend thought the affair would in
jure him in pnblic estimation. “H—1, no” was
the reply—“nothing can hurt yon.”
P. S.—Will the Era please copy?
A True Picture of Georgia.—George A.
Townsend, a Radical correspondent of a Chi
cago journal, pencils the following truthful pic
ture of Georgia:
This State is out of the Union, by the liberal
expenditure of State money by tho Bullock
party at Washington. Bullock controls the
State by the patronage and power of the State
railroads. Akerman, 'just named by General
Grant for Attorney General, is an honest, re
spectable lawyer, not closely identified with tho
Bollock faction, and on pleasant, social terms
with A. H. Stephens and Robert E. Toombs.
Georgia is a prey to anarchy and corruption.
The Ku-Kiux is a standing political transpa
rency, and Oliver P. Morton, in the United
States Senate, and B. F. Butler, in the Honse,
mutually pass it to and fro, like a couple of ad
vertising promenaders. The whole policy and
sole hope of the plunder set in the South is to
Invent and spread diabolical stories of massa
cres, murders, rapes, masked batteries, etc.,
eto., and under cover of these lie3 to call ont
the militia, and keep the better populace by in
timidation from the polls. This is the game.
This is the device. The object is entirely vul
pine.
The Wheat Crop—Good Reports.—From
Virginia to Georgia, says the New York Ilejald
of the 4th, we have reports of an excellent
wheat crop; from East Tennessee we learn that
the harvesting has been going on for some time
in all the counties ; that some little smut is re
ported (indicating an abundance of rain for the
growing com crop), and that the heavy wheat is
considerably tangled in some places, bnt that
“the yield will be IroineudotiH.” In Virginia
the crop is so largo that the , farmers are afraid
that they will hardly get a compensation price
for it. But they may dismiss all such appre
hensions. The European crop, doubtless, will
this year be less than the average yield, and our
surplus, in making np this European deficiency,
will give a, fair compensation fo onr whoat
growers, and help ua very much in meeting our
purchases of European goods and the interests
on government bonds held over the water. At
the same time, looking to our great body of
bread consumers, we rejoice 4bat our wheat
crop this year will be large enough to meet all
foreign domands, without giving to the “bulls”
of our home markets, any chance for a corner
on wheat. Let the people rejoice !
Personal.—We notice that some of onr ex
changes are making various comments touching
the. statement that Mr. H. L Kimball was the
proprietor or one of the proprietors of this' pa- :
per. We are not aware that there is anything
censurable in it, even if tho facts were as stated,
but wo deem it an act of justico to Mr. Kim
ball to state the fact that-ho is not, and .has
never been one of the proprietors of this paper.
His name appears as guarantor for the faithful
performance of the agreements made by the
purchaser at the time the paper was sold by Dr.
Bard, aud as all those agreements have already
been paid and performed, and are therefore
cancelled, Mr. Kimball’s liability/ even as a
guarantor, no longer exists In connection. with
the Era. ,»f t^jrQ r,> r — /r~ yixf :
Our State exchanges wifi do ah act of justice
by publishing this statement.—-.Atlanta Era,
7th.
The Coal Trad*—A Curious Proclamation*
—The Miners’ Journal, (coal monopolists’ or
gan in Pennsylvania,) addresses a proclamation
“to the press abroad,” declaring that the supply
of coal will be above a million tons more than
last year, whether the strikes continue or not,
and advising consumers abroad not to rush into
the market and “ cause a fluctuation fo
prices which is not beneficial to, and
which is not desired by, the trade.” This is
very kind advice indeed Had the neglect of
Congress to abolish the duty on coal anything
to do with it?—New York Herald.
Burninc of the Tennessee.
Mr. Edward F. Underhill communicates to
the New York Tribune an interesting report of
the destruction of the steamship Tennessee, by
fire, on the 2Sth ult. The Tennossoe, a splen
did iron steamship of 1700 tons, left Charleston
at 6 p. u., on Tuesday, 2Sth June, with fifty
passengers and a light freight of cotton, rice,
resin, vegetables, etc. The fire broke out in
the cotton, in the forward hold of the vessel
and it is supposed that one of the bales must
have been on fire at the time of the storage.—
The alarm was given about half past 12 at night
We quote from the report: - _ ....
THE ALARM,"
About 124 o’clock we were both aroused by
the noise of seamen rushing past our stateroom
with rapid and heavy tread.
“Get out that hose, lively, boys!” we heard
ut'ered in a subdued tone, by an officer.
In a moment more, coils of hose were un
rolled along the deck. We sprang from onr
berth and hurriedly put on our garments. A
passenger—tho first who had gotforward whence
the alarm came—passed by our door on his re
turn. . - 1. .
“What’s the matter V eagerly asked young
Gurney.
“I think she’s caught—they are getting ready
to pump water down her hold,” was the signifi
cant reply.
In a few minutes we were dressed and for
ward. Other passengers, to. the number of a
half dozen, soon followed. From tho move
ments we saw tbal there was a fire in the for
ward hold, but, after hasty consultation, we de
termined not to arouse the other passengers un
til we saw that the daDger w»3 near.
Two or three minutes before we were startled
by the noise outside, Mr. Kane, the second
assistant engineer, who was then on duty, smelt
smoke coming from the direction of the fire-
room forward, and he inquired of the firemen if
there was any waste burning therein. As noth
ing was found, ho passed around through an
alley-way that led from the fire-room to the for
ward-hold, and on looking through a small aper
ture in tho iron bulkhead ho saw smoke and
flame beyond. It required bnt a minute to turn
the steam into the hold, and inform Mr. Collins,
the second-mate, who was officer of. the deck.
Then the steam pumps were set to work; and
immediately four streams of water were poured
into the hold. In the meantime Cap!. Chiches
ter/ chief mate Becket, and all of the officers
and crew, bad reached the deck.
When the fire was discovered the Teunessqo
was about thirty miles from shore, about east-
north-east from Cape Romain, and steaming np
the coast in a general north-easterly direction.
Gapt. Chichester at once ordered her course
changed to north-north-west, to head her di
rectly toward the land.
THE FIF.2.
As soon as this was accomplished, the tipper
and lower forward hatches were opened, and,
jumping down upon the'lower deck, the offi
cers and men could see fire in the cotton stowed
in the hold, apparently three or font bales for
ward of tho hutch. By this time the hose had
been connected with the hand-pump on deck,
and, with eight stalwart seamen at the brakes,
two additional streams of water were turned
from tho lower deck to the point where the
cotton was seen burning. But smoke and steam
came through the hatch in dense volumes,
nearly stifling those who were holding the dis
charge pipes below, and soon they were, com
pelled to as send. A few minutes later, as I
looked below, a bright light flashed from the
lower hold, and immediately after the flames
swept out from under the lower deck. Men
again jumped down to the lower deck and made
an effort to clos9 the hatch, but the! heat was
so intense and the smoke so dense in volume,
that they were driven above in an almost suffo
cated condition. Sails had. been unbent, and
soon these were wet aud lowered over the open
hatch, which was soon securely covered with a
half dozen thicknesses of drenching sail-cloth.
Then the upper hatch was closed, and through
it a hole was quickly cut with an ase, through
which two streams of water were turned upon
the canvas below.
the ordeal of smoke and steam.
With the closing of the batches, smoke and
steam were forced through the bulkhead into
the fire and engine rooms. The heat was great
and could barely be endared; but the smoke
nearly blinded the eyes of the Engineers and
firemen, and to the course of an hour they were
compelled to divide their force into short reliefs,
each one taking fifteen minute turns below in
succession. The volume of steam and smoke
gradually increased, and efforts were made to
stop the orifices in the bulkhead through which
it came. Ia plugging up one of them Mr. Kane
was overcome with the intense heat and fainted.
He was lifted by others and taken to the upper
deck, where, in half an hour, he had sufficiently
recovered to resume his duties.
When the Aimes flashed up from the hold, as
I have described, the few passengers who were
up deemed it prudent to awagken the others.
This was quietly accomplished, and, though in
tense alarm was felt, yet the assurances we gave
of safety which we did not feel ourselves tended
to prevent a panic. Garments were quickly put
on, and life-preservers brought opt and tied
around the waists of the passengers. The few
of ns who had been forward talked like oracles
to the others, using all the sailor vernacular wo
knew, and a good deal that we did not know,
about tho coast, and the bearings, and the life
boats and their carrying capacity, and the steam-
jets, aud the bulkheads, and the depth of water,
and the absolute certainty that the fire was being
put oat, and the probability that we would go
on to New York with the steamer, and not be
compelled to rely upon our life-saving appli
ances at all except to keep np our courage. I
question whether our words were comprehended
even by ourselves; but as the general idea con
veyed was that there certainly was no immedi
ate danger, and as this was confirmed by the
statements of tho officers, I have no doubt that
some of the passengers will go down to their
graves under the delusion that we, who talked
so learnedly on subjects wo knew nothing about,
were profoundly versed in the theory and prac
tice of navigation! -: - g
Some of tho passengers, and among them la
dies, ascended the hurricane deck. The pros
pect was disheartening. Nothing but the ship’s
lights and the dim twinkle of an occasional star
shone through the darkness of the night. YVhen
told that land was near, with the wish father to
the thought, we assumed that it could not be
more than a few miles off, and toward it we
were slowly steaming—about six knots an hour—
as fast as wo could move with the limited
amount of steam left for tho engine after keep
ing the forward hold filled in the hope of extin-
t uishing the fire. But, below tho assumed con-
dence in our safety, there was in each breast
alternating intervals of despair, and this vacil
lation of feeling between hope and despondency
amid darkness and peril prolonged minutes al
most into, hours., It jseemsd as if .daylight
would never come.
SUNRISE.
At la9t, however, the sun’s rays reddened the
eastern sky, but as day dawned with no Jand’in
sight,and the steamwas issuing from the fdrWafd
hatchways, and smoko'was smelt in the atmoti® 1
phero of the cabin even, thore.was for a time a
feeling of deep melancholy. On the foremast
the ensign .with Union down was open to (ho
tjreeze as a signal of distress. The steamer wa?
careening heavily to port by reason of the large
quantity of -water which had been pumped into
her forward hold, and her bow head sunk fully,
two feet in tho water since tho firo_ was dis
covered.
About G o’clock^ the low coast- of Carolina
was plaiuly visible, and in an hour and a half,
wo were but a half mile distant fropa it vfith our
course again changed to run parallel with it to
the northeast., Light hearts beat in breasts
where for hbtiri before sadness had-reigued -su-.
promo. .lit
. THE EIRE GAINING.
Abont 3 o’clock in the morning it bacamo.ap
parent to tho officers that the fire which had
been seemingly held in subjection >for! tome
hours, was gSiaing upon them.-' The smoke
again increased in the" fire and engine rooms,
and tho engineers and • firemen would emerge
from below with their eyes blood-shot and so
blind as to be unable to distinguish any object
for savora!'minutes. ■ Their sufferings were in
tense; but with a marvelous heroism each man
returned again and again to his post, and re
mained until some one of his companions was
able to come to his relief.
At 10 o’clock it became certain that ore long
the steamer would have to be run on tbo bench
and scuttled as tho only hope of saving her.—
At 11 o’clock the engineers reported that it was
impossible for them to romain below any longer
and at once the steamer's course was changed to
land, and in a few minutes she ran head on the
bottom, aboutfive lengths from the shore. 'She
struck in about 10 feet of water with the tide
near the close of the ebb. The sea-cocks were
then openod and at once the steamer com
menced filling with water. The locality where
the vessel was run on is an uninviting narrow
sand beach, insular in its situation, without a
tree, or shrub or blade of grass upon it, and with
not a sign of a human habitation upon the main
land beyond. It is about a mile above the
northern mouth of Little River, North Carolina
and about 35 miles below the-Mouth of .Cape
Fenr River.
LANDING THE PASSENGERS.
The work of debarkation was commenoed at
once. Boats were lowered, and tho passengers
were landed on the beach within a half hour,
the ladies and children being first put on shore.
Next, spars and sails for shelter, and additional
provisions and water were carried to tlfe shore,
and until nightfall the boats continued going to
the steamer, latterly brought mattresses, pillows
and blankets to add to the comfort of the pas
sengers. .
From the steamer to the beach, was a transl
tton from comfort to discomfort, no less than it
was a change from danger to safety. Havin_
been sent immediately after with the pilot, Mr.
Davenport; for relief, I can only speak of the
experience on shore from the sentiments of oth
ers. There was not a green spot on the beach.
The sun beat down with an intense heat, and
the hot sand was blown in clouds by the sea-
breeze into garments and hair. Even when the
tents were put up the annoyance of the drifting
sand was as great as ever. It continued into
the night, and ladies who laid down to sleep
were sometimes awakened with their faces,
hands, or feet, or chignons buried. Added, to
this was the annoyance of countless crabs who
had been startled by the invasion of unheralded
and unweloome comers. They moved up the
beach to where the sleepers were lying on expe
ditions of investigation, And crawled over faces
and hands and np troweer legs or skirts, star
tling the sleepers from their slumber and caus
ing them to.sprfog to their feet to get rid of the
novel visitation. At three o’clock in the after
noon hot coffee, brought from the ship, and
bread and bacon were furnished to the passen
gers and eaten with a keen zest.
THE CONFLAGRATION.
In the afternoon, it was apparent to officers
and men that the fire bad got between decks,
and that all efforts to save the steamer would
prove useless. But they remained by. the ves
sel until 5 o’clock, when the smoke was discov
ered issuing through the interstices of the for
ward deck. Officers and crew then took to the
boats and went to shore, returning, however,
from time to -time, for things which could be
removed, until 7 o’clock, at which time the
smoke began to ascend in large volumes. Later
flashes of light burst from the forward deck,
Soon the flames came through and caught in the
light work on the deck, and thence crept along
until they reached.the wood-work forming the
state rooms and cabins. Thence it darted up
the masts, tempted by the close reGfed topsails,
the burning fragments of which wero carried
off by tho night winds into tho ocean like a
shower of brilliant meteors. At 11 o’clock the
whole vessel’s deck was ablaze from bowsprit to
stern rail, lighting np the heavens with a lurid
glare, and presenting a spectacle of awful
grandeur and magnificence. The wire rig
ging became red hot,, and looked like lines
of fire extending up to tho cross trees above.
Gilded balls which surmounted either mast, and
in the day time flashed with the glare of the sun’s
reflected rays, were now burning spheres over
hanging the vortex of flame, ani seemingly sus
pended in tho blackness of Eryhns. A while
after, the sides of the vessel assumed a red heat
in spots, tho rich color of which passed from
centre to circumference into a beautiful grada
tion of tints. As ihe flames reached the rosin
they wonld flash up in brilliant bursts of fire
and light, followed by dense overhanging clouds
of black smoke. The sea between the vessel
and the shore shone like molten gold in the
ever-changing form of billow ned breaker. So
light was it on shore that 'one could read as
easily as under the-sunlight. At 2 o’clock in
the morning of Thursday the foremast fell
to starboard with a tremendous crash -into the
se*a. A. half hour subsequently,'the msintopmast
tumbled fro baits hight foto'dho vessel, and from
the crash were emitted -untold thousands of
scintillating, sparks which vvcjxt. up-into the air,
spangling tho black background of smoke, anti
presenting a view of inconceivable brilliancy.
Passengers and crew say they never saw a spec
tacle so grand-^-ohdyet so'&Wful—from the mo
ment the flames began to ascend from the deck
until the dawn of morninglert nothing butdr.rk
clouds of smoke to be seen rising from the ves
sel’s hull. They ceased to think of the annoy
ance of their situation in their enthusiastic ad
miration of the ever-changing aspect of the co
lossal pyrotechnic.
DRINKING TO DEATH.
A Doctor and a Brewer Drink lor Superi
ority— Horrible Bcntb of Bolts.
The New York Sunday Dispatch is our au
thority for the following: <«-.
A fa tal drinking match came off in Williams
burg a few days ago which has not yet been
made public. It appears there was a dispute
between an old French physician and the pro
prietor of one of the largest breweries in the
place, as to which of the two could drink the
most liquor and carry it off. They decided, to
test the question by a trial, said test to be a
match at drinking liquors at a convenient sa
loon, the party giving up the trial first to be
considered a second-class drinker, and pay for
a grand supner.
Both parties to this novel and disgusting
contest were large men, the physician being
able to turn the scales at two hundred and
twenty pounds, while the brewer was perfectly
mammoth in proportions—a perfect Gambri-
nus—weighing two hundred and fifty pounds.
A large crowd of professional and amateur
drinkists were on hand when the match com-
Inenced, and the bets were freely taken in favor
of the brewer, the German element pre
dominating. The first installment of four bot
tles of what was labelled “Bourbon Whisky”
were disposed of, each man drinking the same
as hi3 opponent, and at the same time. The
whisky gave them renewed vitality, apparently,
for they laughed and talked right merrily,
albeit they began to give evidence of having
cultivated a crop of fur on their tongues; still
they drank about once every five minutes, and
drank deeper and deeper..
They changed their tipple to claret as a
tonic, and here the Frenchman seemed to be
more at home. It did not suit the German so
well, however, and it was soon changed to
sherry, after three bottles had been gulped
down by each. The sherry was only palatable
while two bottles lasted—ono each.
- Their eyes began to show that peculiarly,
glassy glare seen only in those npon whom the
effects of liquor have gamed ascendency, but
their strong physique enabled them to keep
their seats, and their hands showed very little
shakiness. They called for brandy, of which
they took a little more sparingly than of the
Other liquors, seemingly aware that they had
no fear of the previous draughts in which they
had been indulging, there was “death, i.i the
bowl” that contained this poison.
• The German reached ont cautiously to the
bottle to replenish his glass. The Frenchman
endeavored to follow suit. The offort on the
part of the latter was futile—he could not
move Iris am; he endeavored to reach oat
jhisofhcr hand, but it fell off thc amr of his
ebaitf and. bring powerless. He straightened
back in his^chair slowly, bis body mado a con
vulsive . movement, his face became horribly
distorted, his eyes seemed as if they wohaiTfly
out of their sockets, Lis tongue rolled out of
his mouth, a few gasps, Iris body, trembled all
over like a shaken leaf— he teas dead !
While his funeral was on its way to the cem
etery*, the German also died, the Coroner
signing certificates ascribing death in both in
stances'to heart disease.
A flairs In Taylor.
, - p ’ Taylor-(J.OUNTY, July G, 1S70.
Editors Telegraph and- Messenger-. “How’s
crops ? ” is- pre-eminently the question of the
day—heard at tho shop counter, forge, count
ing-room, in the. streets,, before the church
door—hc-arfi everywhere—for all feel a personal
in'.* r d in th; ogricuHural situation.
YYell, answering vhis question for Ttiylor
county, thero cau bo no risk of a mistake in
asserting that crop prospects are of the most
flattering kind. All that ia wanting to complete
satisfactory results are propitious seasons. We
are having rains in different parts of the coun
ty every day, bnt f. rain of-much extent seldom
occurs. Yet tho frequency of tho showers,
with their alternations, keep up the crops in
every locality. The early corn is looking well:
bnt now is the day of its trial. It must have
more rain, and if in abundance, that much bet
ter. Tho plow has completed its round of du
ties, and the oorn now stands ready for the
favors of Heaven.
Cotton is very well advanced, and bounding
on finely to fruitful maturity. Upon the whole,
there can be no ground for complaint: bus, on
tho other hand, everything in the connection is
full of promise and hope. May the honest toil
and good sense of the bone and sinew of the
country lash speculators from pur borders, or
put them to legitimate labor, and frighten crazy
men out of their boots, everywhere.
Doestices.
v It:
Supreme Court-
U'liy the Confederates Did not Ad
vanced! Washington—Unpublished
Correspondence Between President
Davis aud Gen J. E. Johnston.
From tfte Jackson [Miss.) Cterivm.]
Mr. Stephens' first volume, entitled “The War
Between the States,” is a contribution to history
which has added more lustre to his name than
all else he has accomplished. As an inquiry in
to the nature of the Government of the United
States, or of the nature of the Union, which was
established by its original framers, jt is inval
uable. No amount of special pleading can over
turn the historical truths he has cited, and the
deductions thatlogicallyfollow them, and which
place the entire responsibility of the rupture
which occurred between the States upon th9
party ia the Northern States which, having re
peatedly violated fundamental conditions ol the
compact, finally succeeded in obtaining power
by a strictly sectional vote for the accomplish
ment of all their schemes against the minority
section.
In the second volume, as we learn by a re
view of some advance sheets sketched in the
Augusta Constitutionalist, ihis'iavestigation is
still further prosecuted, and tho facts of history
unfolded so as to constitute a complete vindi
cation of the Southern States for the part they
have aoted. This contribution is all the more
valuable because it isjroim the pen of a states
man who was never classed as a “Southern ex
tremist,” bnt the reverse.
Judging from the glimpse the Constitution
alist has afforded the public of the contents of
the second volume, it would have been well for
the fame of Mr. Stephens and his reliability as
an impartial historian if he had stopped here.
He has been less accurate in stating the details
of the formation of the Confederate States gov
ernment, and fo describing the conduct of the distance will more than compensate for l,"' 3
war. than in tracing the responsibility of the cost of the improved carriaee
conflict to its true source. He has committed
severaLerrors of fact which are scarcely excusa
ble in one occupying his .position and who has
undertaken to write for posterity. One of these
errors rendered necessary the publication of
the .following correspondence. It is the state
ment that President Davis “was responsible
for the failure of the Confederate troops to ad
vance after the victory of Manassas.’’ The
original of this correspondence has been in the
possession of the writer since it occurred, and
.would probably have remained among the se
cret things of the Confederacy, if the story, of
ten repeated by ambitious penny-a-liners and
vfinal. scribblers, had not found an enduring
place in so imposing a work as the history, of
the war by the Confederate States Vice Presi
dent. *
Mr. Davis k'mailf is silent. Daring the war,
when Ihe object of the persecution-of ignorance
and malice combined, he forebore to speak be-
causo the disclosures which he would have been
compelled to make in his own defense wonld
have operated injuriously, to the cause with
which the hopes of his country were bound up.
Aud since its disastrous termination, not only
has he been in no condition to engage in con
troversy, but ho has been restrained to silence
by other motives which ought to have protected
him from misrepresentation, if not criticism.
Upon the point raised by Mr. Stephens, the
following correspondence is conclusive. On the
testimony of Gen. J. E. Jolvaston, it is estab
lished that if the victory at Manassas was suc
ceeded by a fatal blunder, as the historian inti
mates his belief, it was not attributable toPresi-
dentDavis.
Richmond, Ya., Nov. 3,1SG1.
Gen. J. E. Johnston, Commanding Depart
ment of, the Potomac ;
Sib : Reports have been and are befog wide
ly circulated to tho effect that I prevented Gen.
Beauregard from pursuing the enemy after the
battle of Manassas, and had subsequently re
strained him from advancing npon Washington
City. Though such statements may have been
made merely for my injury, and in that view
their notice might be postponed to a more .con
venient season, they have acquired importance
from the fact that they have served to creato
distrust, to. excite embarrassment, and must
embarrass tho administration in its further ef
forts to re-enforce the armies of the Potomac,
and generally to provide for the public defense.
For these public considerations, I call npon
you a9 the commanding General, and as a party
to all the conferences held.by me on the 21st
and22dof July, to say whether I obstructed
the puranit of the enemy after the victory at
Manassas, or have ever objected to an advance
or other active operations which it was feasible
for the army to undertake.
Very respectfully, yours, etc.,'
Jeff jc Davis.
Headquarters, Cestreville, >
November 10,1361. f
To Ilis Excellency the President;
Sir—I have had the ' honor to receive your
letter of the 3d inst., in which you call upon me
“as the Commanding General, and as a party to
all the conferences held by you on the 21st and
22d of July, to say:
“Whether you obstructed the pursuit after
the victory of Manassas,
“Or have ever objected to an advance or other
active operations which it was feasible for the
army* to undertake.”
To the first question I reply, No. The pur
suit was “obstructed” by the enemy's troops at
Centreville, as I have stated in my official re-
port. In that report I have also said why no
advance was made upon the enemy's capital
(for reasons) as follows :
The apparent freshness of the United States
troops at Centreville, which checked our pur
suit; the strong forces occupying the works
near Georgetown, Arlington and Alexandria;
the certainty, too, that Gen. Patterson, if need
ed, wonld reach Washington with his army of
more than 30,000 sooner than we could; and
the condition and inadequate means of the army
in ammunition, provisions and transportation,
prevented any serious thoughts of advancing
against the capital
To tho second question I reply, that it has
never been feasible for the army to advance fur
ther than it has done—to the line of Fairfax
Court-house, with its advanced posts at Upton’s,
Munson’s and Mason’s hills. After a confer
ence at Fairfax Court-house with the three
senior General officers, you announced it to be
impracticable to give this army the strength
which those officers considered necessary to en
able it to assume the offensive. Upon Which I
drew it back to its present position.
• , Most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) 3. E. Johnston.
A true copy,
G. W. O. Lee, Col. and A. D. C.
To the President.
There is now bnilding by a New York family
one of the most remarkable mausoleums in
America. It is located in the Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, at Tarrytown, but a few rods distant
from the humble stone that marks the last rest-
iog-placo of Washington Irving, and is special
ly designed to oommemorate a leading New York
City official, who died about a year ago. It
will be a great marble temple,.costing about one
100 thousand dollars, and will bo sq^bigh that it
can be seen from the decks of the North River
steamboats, though the cemetery ia some dis-
tanco from ihe shore. On its completion, next
fall, the family of the deceased will invite their
friends to a formal inauguration of the mortua
ry monument. The sculpture that will adorn it
is now being carved in Italy.
The Lebanon Chronicle thus records the pro
gress of ideas: “We understand that six negro
wenches planted themselves in the ladies' car at
Richmond, yesterday morning, and refused to
vacato their seats when requested. The con
ductor,- suspecting that the object was’to make
a ‘test case’ in the Federal Court, telegraphed to
Louisville for instructions. He was directed to
get them ont, if possible, but not to proceed to
extremities. The result was that the sweet-scent
ed damsels held their position end the conduc
tor succumbed.”
“Use Jones, bottled ale if you would keep out
of here” is painted on the fences of the Penn
sylvania graveyards.
A sham trial at an up-Hudson ply-nly r. few
days since, resulted in lleury Ward Beecier be
fog sentenced to kissing by six members of his
congregation, which was at once executed without
reprieve or pardon.
To be legally married in Ravenna, Ohio, yon
have only to go before the Mayor, state that
you “intelligently, religiously arid spiritually”
love each other add declare yourselves ‘‘religi
ously, philosophically and scientifically mar
ried.”
A. St. Louisian took a gun and went to a
neighbor’s house with whom he had a quarrel,
announcing his intention of shooting him. The
neighbor presenting his own gun, took him
prisoner and disarmed him. The aggressor, shot
limself dead when an officer went to arrest him.
A young damsel who left Lawrence, Mass.,
about three years ago, and migrated to Utah,
informs her friends by letter that she is dieting
as well as could be expected under ihe circum
stances. She has had three husbands, two'pair
of twias, drives * dashing pair of bays, and. is
altogether in quite a position.
rt-—Daily !■*.<**£'''
Wednesday, J«l y
Argument fo No. 4, Cherokee
Horn Solomon vs. Commissioners of Ck , ^
—was resumed and concluded Col
Akin for plaintiff in error, and CoL a- t S
by Judge D A. Walker, fir
No. 6. Cherokee Circuit—B. Q Pa 1° ^
H. Lufbnrrows vs. P. R. Lewis and B I? 0 '
-was argued for plaintiffs by Messrs.'iv^i
Wofford, and for defendants fo error V, *5(1
D. A. Walker.—Era, 7th. f
Disgruntled.—Radicalism in New v
thoroughly disgruntled by the recent 4
ments of collector, assistant Treasurer
District Attorney. The ancient faction ,
outraged and threaten dire vengeance ^
World says it is claimed that these appointJ^
indicate that the President is determine 1*
a split with the extreme radicals, bnt it i s
probable they were dictated by personal ar*
tion with the appointees, who are such
entertainers, driye fine horses, have X >
good cigars and have been very attentive^
President at Long Branch and elsewhere. W
A Railroad in Japan.—The railway whirf, •
to be forthwith commenced in Japi istn .
from Yedo to Osaka, whh'a branch line to V
kohama, and from Osaka alone Lake Bn
Tsuruga, a port south of Niigata. So eoT **
the line is inaugurated the supplies of J*
which have now to pass by a lengthened rj'l
route, and pass over the road, the differed.
dtcfawnd mill . ^
i improved carriage.
—■ ; ■
Grants Idea or a Judge.—The IVotldar
The President having appointed a mmbu
Associate Justice of the Supreme ConiUfa!
District of Columbia, who never was
to the Bar, and who is now a twclva hnai^
dollar department clerk in Washington, jj,
Bar of the district have held an indignnti^
meeting, and appointed a committee of tw
Republicans to protest against the conSmuaiP
A Judge of the court called upon the Preside*'
bnt Grant said bethought his nomineetm.
petent to he a Judge, as he had read lm tm
years!
The Overland Monthly.—This is theoii
magazine we get from California, hut if ti e j
were a dozen, and all as good as (his, we thonid
like to exchange with them. Like the rev
country it hails from, it is fresh, lively and fig.
orous, and strikes out boldly for a new path q
the periodical world. Most of the articles u*
exceedingly well written, and those of thee
that relate to California matters full of themor.
valuable information. It is published by J. ft
Carmany & Co., 403 Washington street,Sa
Francisco. The American News Compsit,
New York city, are the agents of the Atfc:
States. _
Don't Know “Cuby.”—The Montgomery A j!
vertiser relates the following incident of ft*
negro 4th of July* barbecue near that city:
Judge J. D. Cunningham spoke. His speed
was what the Rads called moderate. He tail
the “Wards of the Nation” to be liberal ai
forbearing towards the who had owned thea,
and then somersaulted into a stirring appet!
for “down trodden Cuba,” The negroes is.
sponded “d—n Cuby, who’s he?”
European Crops.—A Frankfort letter of fit
13th of June in the Herald says:
What was hitherto a probability is now a fix
The harvest will be a failure in Italy, a tot
bad one in France and a very small one here*
the Rhine aud in the whole of Western Ge
ms ny, while Austria and Hungary will bate a
early and excellent harvest.
’ The youth of Dubuque were having a Cat-
brat ion. the other day, when one wiio va
smoking a cigar, attempted to gather up ia ts
hands several poundsof powder thtt au- .-p-ti,
and the incongruous elements prottstrd in c
explosion and four were killed.
Gen. B. E. Lee has refused, on behalf d .
Mrs. Lee, to accept the annuity of settled
upon her by tho trotters of Washington W.-
lege. The Board, however, has, at delicately |
as possible, intimated to him that they must in
here to their original plan.
• A Pennsylvania Dntchman.the other day »
fased to answer the Census Marshal's question
He said: “Dish tings makes an udder rngg* |
vaifs. Dess fellers coming round in lstW dii j
vays made de vars.”
A non-German-speaking census-taker ia 11
teutonic New York distil-t has resigned-
found every family named Nichlsverstay, I
that was all the information he conld gather, j
Forney says: “The free traders would msh I
ns a nation of farmers.” Better so than a n J
tion of paupers.—Boston Post.
The Western papers are circulating the u-|
authorized report that Greeley’s “What I h* J
about Farming”.fo being dramatized by »|
Stowo for the Lydia Thompson blonde3.
Whether Gen. Grant will ever make a i
President or not is a matter of opinion: S* I
after his successful experience in the salt 21 j
exchange of houses, that he would make a.J
real estate agent nobody doubts.—N. T. Be-1
(Kid.)
Edwin Forrest has traveled G0Q0 miles <#*? I
last trip and played in fifty-two towm> at I
his shadow grows no less.
ji.il
The New Court-house.—The hisemeS'
the new Court-house on the comer cf j
and Mulberry streets fo now abont cotapk** I
One may form some idea of what the sue 0! I
bnilding will be, by standing npon some I
of the walls and looking over it. The JI
progressing with commendable speed and **' I
rity, and it is the determination of the j
we understand, to get through with the I
an early a day as possible, consistent I
terms of his contract, to put np goad ^ I
staatial work, according to the plan J
chitect.
Hot.—Not an overcoat was r ’ , . I
the streets yesterday. Even sugar-cos.'^I
stand the weather. The starch dc- ^ ^ |
ecstasy. They think the weather
it out of everything and body.
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Traci: Laying.—During tho .“I
laying on this end of tho Macon and A
road has been going forward very J
it will not be long now before wo shih 2 j
fifth, and a most important railroad k j
to this city. I
Cleaned Oct.—Wo are glad to le-’--
Solicitor General for this district, at Uj
term of the Superior Court, has c ‘ eor; 1 ^ c35 }j
guardhouse of every prisoner held 1} ^
ty, and the'Inmates of that insktah 0 -
the guests of tho city—save oao <j r ^ >J
ers who are ihcr.e .-.ervlng out the '
they wero sentenced by the Court. 1--
c* the county will thank their yo.'.e,-
cd solicitor flSfc thus relieving 3** c ' .
burthen.
Peof. A. H. Whitney.—This fo®*
and able instructor—well known as ^
sor of music iu Wesleyan Female Co ^
recently bean doing good service in P
the yonngir members of the
Mulberry street Church to join in ®
singing, and the part taken by h* 3 * .
triaging at the meeting of the ^
prof*
tuts, Sunday night, fo an nnmist.
The class
their appreciation «£'ProfeeBor
bozs, by a hMdBcme presenUticn on
evening—the gift befog a cheioe c°
elegantly boapd boota.^
Goes
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